Funding of education in Belgium
Belgium: Funding of education was 23.1 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Latest (2011)
23.1
Change on year
up 4.1%
World rank
28th
of 31 countries
All-time high
23.1
in 2011
All-time low
3.8
in 1999
Years of data
13
1999–2011
Funding of education in Belgium, 1999–2011
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 23.1 for funding of education in 2011. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, funding of education in Belgium peaked at 23.1 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3.8, in 1999.
Belgium ranks 28th of 31 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Funding of education in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3.8 | — |
| 2000 | 4.2 | +10.5% |
| 2001 | 16.7 | +297.6% |
| 2002 | 18.5 | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 17.6 | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 17.8 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 18 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 18.3 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 19.8 | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 20.7 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 22.2 | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 22.2 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23.1 | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 2000s | 17.38 | 4.2 | 22.2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.65 | 22.2 | 23.1 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is funding of education in Belgium?
- Funding of education in Belgium was 23.1 in 2011, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest funding of education recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 23.1 in 2011.
- What is the lowest funding of education recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8 in 1999.
- How does Belgium rank for funding of education?
- Belgium ranks 28th out of 31 countries with data for 2011.
- Is funding of education rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Funding of education (1995-2011). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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